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| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for a Great New Year to all. @arafiq Thanks for the kind words. All of these are terrific components. You were lucky to find a used one in good condition because they are all considered to be keepers. I didn't l... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I said in response to an earlier post that I would look into possibilities other than Shenzhen. I have a lot of experience buying from overseas. I did inquire with Shenzhen as a potential customer and asked them about their return policy telling ... | |
| Need help understanding USB cables You can test easily to see if your DAC requires the 5V power from the USB cable. You can block the 5V line (pin one) of the USB A plug with a small piece of card stock. The system will either work or not. If it works then the construction of the c... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @fl_guy And I liked the 004 with a Schiit preamp. But when I went to a much better preamp, I liked the 004 even better. Somewhere in an audio system, unless it is exquisitely matched, there will be the limiting component that will curtail the SQ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @fl_guy First, I’m not familiar at all with headphone gear but it looks impressive and some steps above the Saga+. I thought the Freya+ was very good sounding and certainly punched above its price, though the manufacturing was very clearly to a... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @fl_guy Perhaps this can help. I have good news and bad news. When I had the 004 I bought a Freya+ and used it with 2 Sylvania chrome domes. I liked it a lot and it bested an excellent SS preamp. Different than the Saga+ I used it with the bala... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @arafiq You wrote, "Let’s not get into ethical dilemmas." Why not? Taking advantage of return policies is a reasonable way to audition gear when you might actually buy the stuff. It’s not OK IMO when you just want to hear stuff that you have no... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @arafiq I don't know anything about a Tekton thread. But please, no false analogies. At one point I wrote to you, "Which you prefer is a matter of taste, and no one can substitute their judgment on that for your own." Is that the sort of post... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @metaldetektor Audiogon is a moderated forum. But that’s not enough for you. Now you are officially its policeman, protecting the great unwashed from being bamboozled. If you can find one thing that I wrote here that is untrue or over the top I ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara Earlier you wrote, "Shipping back to China with Shenzhenaudio is about $125 USPS. Which I did with another DAC." In view of what has been written here about returns to Shenzhen, would you describe that experience please. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara @lordmelton Sorry for the confusion. Yes, I am talking about EVS Ric, not Rick. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @lordmelton Earlier I wrote that I discovered the 004 as a result of Ric’s recommendation of the unmodified 004 on another forum He then began to do mods to the 004, However, I think because of its innate quality, his 004 modification was, by fa... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @pt999 @arafiq I respect the fact that pt999 might prefer the May over the Musetec and would be willing to pay the difference. One cannot argue taste. In one of my recent posts I have said the same. By the way, IMO it needs more than a week of... | |
| Should We Prioritize Detail In Our Assessment Of Audio Quality? In the glory days of LP we used to speak well of those components that provided low level information. That was the air, the imaging, the detail. For classical music especially I want the detail for the music can be especially complicated. An orch... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @metaldetektor Thank you for your offer to review my DAC, but I would decline. If you want to evaluate the DAC you'll have to buy one like everyone else. As yyzsantabarbara comments it comes with a 30 day return privilege. Who knows, that may... |